Gosson’s maritime history is apparently the hot favorite and the subject was fascinating enough to generate a second volume.

Previous winners of this glorious award include The Big Book of Lesbian Horse Stories and Living with Crazy Buttocks.

Cooking with Poo by Saiyuud Diwong is not what it seems – Poo is the name of a chef apparently so the title makes perfect sense to me. Estonian Sock Patterns All Around the World goes straight onto my must-read list…. for 2029. A Taxonomy of Office Chairs should satisfy chair enthusiasts everywhere (Phaidon published this one – what were they thinking?). The Guardian has a slideshow of the contenders in all their odd glory.

The winner of the Diagram Prize receives nothing. Fans of odd book titles can find more at the AbeBooks’ Weird Book Room.